Author: Tom Schumacher

On the third week of September we started our Bible Training Center again here in Northern Thailand. All of our students come from Burma and most from the Shan State which is just on the other side of the Thai-Burma border. We have nine students and we have 5 people on staff along with my wonderful in-laws. We are fortunate to have Zami Shine (from Burma) as our worship leader as she is quite an experienced worship leader. We are also helping her upgrade some of her abilities on the keyboard and guitar. The first two weeks we started with Pastor Kris Pagan teaching on Spiritual Disciplines and this past week we have Becky Watson teaching the students on the subject of worship. Our classes will be going thru the…

On May 22nd we finished our first three month term with the students. What a great honor it was to minister and teach these students they were so hungry to learn. The during the last six weeks I taught on Faith and Prayer and Pastor Matt Watson from Sriracha Victory Church taught on the ministry gifts. Pastor Matt did a wonderful job teaching the students and we were so blessed to have him here with us. We also had a young man Ewing from VABC Bible College in Sriracha teach the students on music and was such a blessing as the students soaked up all that he taught them. The students were so blessed by all they had learned during the past twelve weeks and we look forward to seeing…

On the weekend of April 17-20th we were honored to have Dr. Al Purvis VABC Thailand and Dr. Ron Denotter from St. Albert, Alberta Canada come and minister to the students and some local Pastors. They spoke on Leadership and humility and being a model to those around you. The students and Pastors were blessed to have Pastors with this type of experience come and speak into their lives and we as a family were certainly grateful for their fatherly input into our lives. The best way to describe this time of input is found in I Thessalonians 1:8 where it says, "...we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us." We appreciate…

In early April we had the opportunity to host our good friends from Canada, Peter and Colleen Jackson. What a great time for us and the students. Peter and Colleen ministered to the students on the ministry of the Holy Spirit. God has used this couple powerfully in the market place ministry and we are so thankful that they would come and minister to our students. God moved powerfully on the lives of the students through this couple and students loved this couple! We certainly appreciated their giving hearts and some of the advice that they gave to our family. Peter and Colleen left an impact on the lives of the students and on our lives! Thank you so much! If there are any other couples that would like to…

We are now almost finished with our first three months of training. What a great experience for our family. We have ten students and they have been very responsive to the things we have been teaching them. We have been instructed by the Apostle Paul in II Timothy 2:2 to "commit these (spiritual realities) to faithful men who will be able to teach others." The Gospel which is the good news is to be given away. There is no greater calling than to preach the Gospel and raise up disciples and we are grateful for the opportunity. Along with teaching the Bible the students have practical ministry (cleaning and taking care of our large yard and planting gardens). We also teach them music and English every afternoon. Our family has…

On March 1st we started our new Bible Training Center. This has been a big step by myself and the family. When I say family I am also talking about my Father in law, mother in law and my wife's brother and sisters. Of course Jeremiah is on the team but a little small right now. We have eight students and in a week or so we will have ten. This is all that I want this first quarter. The school will run for twelve weeks and will cover six subjects. All the students come from the Burma side of the border although we do have Thai students that come for music class in the afternoon. Our schedule is quite simple. School in the mornings from 9:00AM to 12:00 noon.…

During the month of February we had the property landscaped. We had more dirt removed from the top of the property and used the dirt to fill in the lower side of the property. The high side of the land is on the north side. Next we will be doing the work for water drainage. Thank you for helping us on this project.

This past Christmas season we had a party for about 120 Burmese children. We wanted them to remember this party. Two of our former Bible School students who are my brother in law Samuel, and sister in law Sarah have been helping with the children a few days a week teaching them English and bible lessons. We appreciate Samuel helping these students. We gave these children the best meal possible as well as a gift for each one of them. We trust this was a one of the best Christmas seasons that they have had. Seeing these children eat the meals (they don't have very many good meals during the year) and open a gift was very gratifying was us. We are believing that we will be able to make…

On Saturday the 13th we will be having a Christmas for children in Myanmar. My family have been working with the children over the past few months and we decided to give them a good Christmas meal and some gifts. The children very very rarely have a decent meal so we plan to give them one this weekend. The children will be doing drama and playing games. The children in Myanmar have desperate needs. So many of them lack proper education and oversight. Believe with us that we make an impact this weekend. We appreciate your giving towards this event this weekend. There will be about 120 children at this event...some will have to come by a van we are renting. Any contributions can be directed to the address on…

This past month I was able to minister in two different thanksgiving services in a couple of Ahka villages. I had no idea that these small villages celebrated thanksgiving. In many ways they celebrate the same way we do with a big thanksgiving dinner. The only thing I missed was Turkey dinner. Both of the services I was able to minister in, I ministered on the power of a thankful heart.